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J. R. RHEUBOTTOM.& P. M. MACK.

FLY NET FOR HORSES.-

No. 257,760. Patented May9,1882

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, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES R. RHEUBOTTOM AND FRANK M. MACK, OF WEEDSPORT, NEW YORK.

FLY-NET FOR HORSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,760, dated May 9, 1882.,

Application iiled February 16, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES R. RHEUBOT- TOM and FRANK M. MAoK, citizens of the United States, residing at Weedsport, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fly- Nets for Horses, of which the following is a specification,

This invention relates to the manner of se curing the transverse strips or lashes to the longitudinal straps or bars of a leather fly-net for horses. Prior to our invention various means have been adapted for such purposeas, for example, the lashes have been passed through or around the bars and tied to the same in various forms of knots, or, again, the lashes have been passed across the bars and secured to the latter by small wire staples. Under ourpresent improvement we pass the lashes through slitsin the bars, and then permanently connect the two by means of eyelets applied as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a portion of a fly-net constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 represents on an enlarged scale a portion of one of the bars and lashes secured together. Fig. 3 is a similar view, representing a slight variation in the location of the eyelets. Fig. 4. represents a section taken longitudinally through a lash and transversely through a bar, as illustrated by the dotted line at a; in

Fig. 2.

A A refer to the longitudinal bars,and B B to the transverse lashes, of a fly-net. Through the bars we form a series of slits, 0, arranged along the bars in pairs, and through these slits we pass the lashes. preferably from the under side of the bars. The eyelets D, that are employed for preventing the lashes from slipping, are passed through the bars at points alongside of thelashes, and then clinched down both upon the bars and thelashes, thereby binding the two firmly together. We employ two of these eyelets at each point'of junction between a lash and bar, one eyelet being on each side of the lash, said number of eyelets being quite sufficient for holding the lash and bar together.

As illustrated in Fig. 2, the eyelets may be arranged between the slits at or about the center of the bar, or, as shown in Fig. 3, they can be secured in the slits near the edges of the bar and on opposite sides of the lash. It will be seen in either case that the flattened-out rims of the eyelets hold the lash down upon the bar, and that the lashes will be effectually prevented from slipping through the bars; also, that the strength of a lash or bar is not impaired by thismode of fastening the two together.

One eyelet might be employed instead of two, but in such case there would be some danger of the lash working out from under the eyelet; but where two are employed, one on each side of the lash, the latter will not only hold down upon the bar, but will also be held againstlateral displaoementin either direction.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is- 1. A fly-net having its longitudinal bars and transverse lashes secured together by means of eyelets applied one on each side of the lash, whereby the edges of the lash are overlapped by the edges of the eyelets and the lash firmly bound upon the bar without puncturing the lash, substantially as shown and described.

2. A fiy-net having its transverse lashes passing through slits in the longitudinal bars, and secured to the said bars by eyelets located along the edges of the lashes out of line with each other, a portion of the edge of each eyelet overlapping the edge of the lash for binding the same firmly upon the bar, all substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES R. RHEUBOTTONI. FRANK M. MACK. Witnesses:

' CLARENCE E. MASON,

HOMER E. RHEUBoT'roM. 

